07-31-2012 08:08 AM
KHARTOUM (AFP) - Three civilians were killed in air strikes, launched by the Sudanese army in Blue Nile State (South East), which is witnessing an armed rebellion against the Khartoum authorities, according to the rebels said yesterday. Said Arno Ngotolo Lodi spokesman for the "Popular Movement for the Liberation of Sudan - Northern Sector," The air strikes targeted the Friday and Saturday in several villages of the Blue Nile, and killing three civilians and wounding twenty others.
The Sudanese army could not be contacted to comment on this information that are difficult to verify independently. The raids come a few days before the deadline given by the United Nations for Sudan and South Sudan to settle their differences. Juba and Khartoum accuses of backing the rebels insurgents in the states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan Mahavetin for South Sudan. Since the declaration of independence of South Sudan in July 2011, Khartoum is seeking to assert control over the Blue Nile and South Kordofan. According to the United Nations, about 105 thousand Sudanese Blue Nile, and 45 thousand of South Kordofan, fled to southern Sudan, to escape the violence and food shortages.
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